By Meera Gajjar on August 23, 2017 Posted in News,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersEvery day, park rangers and conservationists like Wayne Lotter, of PAMS Foundation Tanzania, risk their lives to fight against global wildlife trafficking. Too often, their stories end in tragedy. Over 1,000 rangers have been killed in the line of duty in the last 10 years. And last week, Lotter was shot and killed in Tanzania. These killings send a chilling… Continue Reading

By Ashley Binetti on April 17, 2017 Posted in Environmental Whistleblowers,Events,News,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersEarth Day Texas, or EDTx 2017, will take place Friday, April 21st – Sunday, April 23rd, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. EDTx is notably “the world’s largest annual forum for sharing the latest initiatives, discoveries, research, innovations, policies and corporate practices that are reshaping the future.” This year’s agenda is packed with presentations from over 225 experts and thought leaders and… Continue Reading

By Mary Jane Wilmoth on November 15, 2016 Posted in Environmental Whistleblowers,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersOn Thursday, November 17, 2016, Stephen M. Kohn will present a free webinar on the key role whistleblowers can play in preventing illegal wildlife trafficking. This webinar will explore how whistleblowers around the world can report wildlife crime and receive monetary awards under two legal instruments, the Lacey and Endangered Species Acts, that support the provision of monetary incentives to persons… Continue Reading

By Ashley Binetti on October 14, 2016 Posted in Environmental Whistleblowers,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersPembient, a U.S. Company, is using 3D technology to engineer ‘cultured’ rhino horn containing a mixture of real rhino DNA signature and keratin. Pembient believes it can reduce the economic incentive for poachers by flooding the market with the synthetic horn at very low cost, therefore driving down the demand for the real thing. However, the product has been controversial,… Continue Reading

By Mary Jane Wilmoth on September 1, 2016 Posted in Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersWashington, D.C. September 1, 2016. Today, the Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge announced the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) as a Grand Prize Winner. The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge, an initiative of USAID in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC, is finding new, innovative solutions to the most intractable issues in the fight against wildlife trafficking.… Continue Reading

By Ashley Binetti on July 22, 2016 Posted in Events,NewsWashington, DC – July 21, 2016 — The (ELI) and the National Whistleblower Center (NWC) have announced an upcoming seminar series on Global Wildlife Whistleblowers, scheduled for early 2017. The first seminar in the series will explore enabling whistleblowers around the world to improve the enforcement of over 44 wildlife laws. The second seminar will address technical skills for lawyers… Continue Reading

By Nataleigh Kohn on June 21, 2016 Posted in Environmental Whistleblowers,International,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersLast week, the National Whistleblower Center’s Executive Director Stephen Kohn visited the World Bank to discuss the NWC’s Global Wildlife Whistleblower Program with members of the Bank’s environmental protection program. Mr. Kohn’s presentation covered the background and specifics of the Program, which aims to educate potential wildlife whistleblowers around the world about their rights to protection and rewards under U.S. law, thereby encouraging those whistleblowers… Continue Reading

By Ashley Binetti on March 3, 2016 Posted in Events,International,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersToday, the Departments of Justice, State, and the Interior, co-hosted a panel discussion with the Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking to celebrate “World Wildlife Day.” John C. Cruden, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division, underscored the urgency of combating wildlife trafficking by reminding the audience, “If we don’t do better, we’re going to be telling… Continue Reading

By Paul Lyons on March 3, 2016 Posted in Events,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersThe National Whistleblower Center has sent some of our staff to attend today’s World Wildlife Day (WWD) events in New York City and Washington D.C. They will be meeting with international leaders and organizers who are leading the charge to protect wildlife across the globe. The United Nations introduced World Wildlife Day on March 3, 2013, to celebrate the beauty… Continue Reading

By Mary Jane Wilmoth on February 10, 2016 Posted in Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersProtections for wildlife whistleblowers greatly enhanced Washington, D.C. February 10, 2016. The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge announced that the National Whistleblower Center won its People’s Choice competition. The National Whistleblower Center’s “Secured Internet Wildlife Crime Reporting System” received the most votes in the worldwide competition. The NWC’s project was one of 44 projects from around the world eligible for the People’s… Continue Reading

By Mary Jane Wilmoth on January 21, 2016 Posted in News,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersWashington D.C., USA. January 21, 2016—The Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge program, an initiative of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, and TRAFFIC, announced today that the National Whistleblower Center’s “Secured Internet Wildlife Crime Reporting System” is one of the Wildlife Crime Challenge prize winners. Launched in 2014, the Wildlife… Continue Reading

By Mary Jane Wilmoth on October 27, 2015 Posted in News,Wildlife Crime WhistleblowersNew Tool to Combat Wildlife Trafficking Washington, D.C. October 27, 2015. The National Whistleblower Center (NWC) announced today the launch of a new campaign to protect wildlife crime whistleblowers. This campaign was developed in response to inquiries from anti-trafficking NGOs and government officials who sought a way to incentivize whistleblowers to report wildlife crimes. The NWC identified seven major wildlife laws,… Continue Reading